We did the same for urban fiber. It’s never materialized, either. And, the USDA has been providing funding and loans for rural broadband for quite awhile.
free market economy where private sector funds investment
If that’s how it actually worked we might accept it. But, today there’s little distinction between public and private: Corporations own our government.
We did the same for urban fiber. It’s never materialized, either. And, the USDA has been providing funding and loans for rural broadband for quite awhile.
It’s almost like the foxes are running the hen house, as the old saying goes.
Hamilton built the framework. It’s been foxes since John Adams.
This guy? Pretty sure he had slaves build stuff for him.
American taxpayer is always paying for major CapEx for most industries then turn around and price gouge us.
Most amercians see to be fine with it since they live in a free market economy where private sector funds investment.
If that’s how it actually worked we might accept it. But, today there’s little distinction between public and private: Corporations own our government.
I don’t think that the United States Department of Agriculture is involved in subsidizing urban fiber.
Yeah. That’s wasn’t very clear. The USDA has been funding and providing loans for rural broadband. About $1b, IIRC.
Thanks for the pointing that out.